The Big E and Apples, Looper the movie.

The Big E fair was a day filled with fun, walking, seeing animals, checking out State Houses (each New England State had their own stores, foods, presentations, etc.), and spending some cash. Got some honey, and foods. Michelle bought a turkey leg (that's the size of your face). In between the houses there was a stand promoting Fire Cider. Oh wow! if you're into spicy stuff you gotta try this concoction. It warmed up and burned long after i took a tiny sip. 

 Michelle is feeing a pony (but, of course, exclaiming she wants one)

 She got the famous cream puff and I settled for a yummy eclair.

 A Butter sculpture for 2012. It was pretty big, life size cow and girl. So yeah!

"I'm a better sheep than you are"





Sunday was a continuation of awesome weekend with Apple Picking at Beardsley's cider Mill and Orchard.  While the cider there was very good (to me they taste the same, but those with extra taste buds per square cm raved about it's deliciousness)  the apple picking was a bit disappointing; $1.99/lb picked and only one type of apples was actually good - Jonagold. So next time we shall venture somewhere else.

 All the ladies,

Crazy faces

 All the men

 Mi madre and Michelle

 Mi sister and Michelle

Sibel and Michelle

It was Victoria's birthday too, so we surprised her with a cake. Sat on the grass nearby and fought off the bees. It was all fun!

Afterword, since it was merely few minutes away, the gang went to the Jonas Vineyard for some tastings. Also pleasant. We bought more onion cookies (yeah, they're AMAZING!).  The whole day was still ahead of us, but everybody parted either into work, or nap, or back home.

Sunday evening culminated in seeing Looper, which was a very good movie, surprised us at many occasions including the ending scene. It's always refreshing to see a movie you don't quite know the ending of. From trivia, turns out this is Bruce Willis's third movie where he meets his younger self. Hmmm :) I liked many parts of the movie, especially the part where the character speaks rudely to his younger self and tells him to shut the fuck up!


Monday is the 1st.
October is cleansing month - I am taking 30 days off from any mind altering substances such as alcohol, and limiting my video game / TV show watching to three hours per day combined.

Some of my cooking firsts:
Almond Butter made from scratch with little cocoa powder, cinnamon and honey - success!

Apple Pear Jam with honey - success!

Turkey rice soup with veggies and beans - HUGE success! This soup was made from half eated large turkey leg Michelle got at the Big E, so it was incredibaly aromatic and flavorful.



One thing I came across from the world wide web in internets: Tiny Desk Concerts
There are over a hundred of those, all live and all really small, in the office :)